@64uknown The 1991 Bond was going to be called The Property of a Lady (set in Hong Kong) and the 1993/4 one was going to be what eventually turned into GoldenEye. But when it didn't happen in '94, Dalton quit.
hmm I actually liked the bit where sanchez walks past bond in the bank - the look on bond's face when he sees him. He's itching to kill him but can't.
Actually, I'm ambivalent about Mr. Gilbert's direction. "You Only Live Twice," while a visually stunning movie, feels more like a travelogue. "The Spy Who Loved Me," which saved Roger Moore's career as Bond, is really an empty film, and parts of that movie are just silly. The emphasis on silly humor really explodes in "Moonraker," which cannot make up its mind as to whether it wants to be a James Bond adventure or a James Bond comedy.
@intrepidman222 I think Guy Hamilton did a GREAT job on "Goldfinger." I mean Goldfinger basically made a template for all the future Bond films to follow, its just I found that DAF, LALD and TMWTGG were a disappointment considering he wrote them. Besides, John Glen is usually considered as the writer who saved Bond after the over the top "Moonraker."
@OliverBond96 - I agree that if Guy Hamilton had directed only "Goldfinger," we'd be thinking, "Gee, too bad he didn't direct more Bonds." DAF has high energy that makes that film "crackle," but underneath it all the movie is soulless. The less said about LALD and TMWTGG the better.
I disagree with Glen saving the series because of FYEO. Any of the Bond directors previous and after him could have done the same, given the direction the producers' wanted to take at that time. His movies bore.
@OliverBond96 From For Your Eyes Only onwards, Moore's films made less and less money at the box office. The audience clearly wanted The Spy Who Loved Me/Moonraker approach.
@0FindGlory I like the approach they went with in FYEO, but overall I think it's too basic a Bond film, it seems kinda cheap and rather boring. To be honest, Octopussy and AVTAK aren't too far off the Spy Who Loved Me approach in my opinion. They shouldn't expect every other film to be a Goldfinger standard film. After all, the overspending of Moonraker did cause them to go into debt for around 10 years after.
timothy dalton was my 1st bond and this was my first film..
Chris62007 4 months ago
Timothy was a fantastic 007 and should of done a third around '91 - shame about the legal wrangles.
TRUMPER007 4 months ago 4
@TRUMPER007 same here.
64uknown 4 months ago
at 1:16 did he flip them off
ZacharyTHELEGO 5 months ago
It would be cool to have these added in a special edition. Many of these establish a lot of the characters....and add more to the film.
(The only other thing I woul ask, is have David Arnold redo the theme)....
joel1975 5 months ago
I wonder what Dalton's thrid bond 17 movie would had been like in 1991,mabye a fourh movie in 1993.
64uknown 5 months ago
@64uknown The 1991 Bond was going to be called The Property of a Lady (set in Hong Kong) and the 1993/4 one was going to be what eventually turned into GoldenEye. But when it didn't happen in '94, Dalton quit.
valentine1980 1 week ago
@valentine1980 Him and Daniel Craig are fav bonds.
But still,I like all of them. They were good in their own way tho.
64uknown 1 week ago
hmm I actually liked the bit where sanchez walks past bond in the bank - the look on bond's face when he sees him. He's itching to kill him but can't.
2Koranteng 5 months ago
John Glen is a HACK director who never should have been allowed to direct a Bond film...let along FIVE of them. UGH!
Terrance Young, Guy Hamilton, Peter Hunt, et al. are the guys who understood what made a great Bond movie.
intrepidman222 6 months ago
@intrepidman222 missed lewis gilbert mate
P0TT5Y147 6 months ago
@P0TT5Y147 - He comes under "et al." (he, he, he)
Actually, I'm ambivalent about Mr. Gilbert's direction. "You Only Live Twice," while a visually stunning movie, feels more like a travelogue. "The Spy Who Loved Me," which saved Roger Moore's career as Bond, is really an empty film, and parts of that movie are just silly. The emphasis on silly humor really explodes in "Moonraker," which cannot make up its mind as to whether it wants to be a James Bond adventure or a James Bond comedy.
intrepidman222 6 months ago
@intrepidman222 I think Guy Hamilton did a GREAT job on "Goldfinger." I mean Goldfinger basically made a template for all the future Bond films to follow, its just I found that DAF, LALD and TMWTGG were a disappointment considering he wrote them. Besides, John Glen is usually considered as the writer who saved Bond after the over the top "Moonraker."
OliverBond96 6 months ago
@OliverBond96 - I agree that if Guy Hamilton had directed only "Goldfinger," we'd be thinking, "Gee, too bad he didn't direct more Bonds." DAF has high energy that makes that film "crackle," but underneath it all the movie is soulless. The less said about LALD and TMWTGG the better.
I disagree with Glen saving the series because of FYEO. Any of the Bond directors previous and after him could have done the same, given the direction the producers' wanted to take at that time. His movies bore.
intrepidman222 6 months ago
@OliverBond96 From For Your Eyes Only onwards, Moore's films made less and less money at the box office. The audience clearly wanted The Spy Who Loved Me/Moonraker approach.
0FindGlory 4 weeks ago
@0FindGlory I like the approach they went with in FYEO, but overall I think it's too basic a Bond film, it seems kinda cheap and rather boring. To be honest, Octopussy and AVTAK aren't too far off the Spy Who Loved Me approach in my opinion. They shouldn't expect every other film to be a Goldfinger standard film. After all, the overspending of Moonraker did cause them to go into debt for around 10 years after.
OliverBond96 3 weeks ago
i think his hat looks cool
1978761 6 months ago